Draft Dodgers
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:39 am
I've already done several drafts. I know the ADP and where each player should and should not fall.
Simple truth is....I LOVE THIS SHIT!
One of these years, I am going to wake up and lose the passion.
That day has not come yet.
Draft Champions allow for many, early drafts. So cool.
But along with every good comes a bad.
Same old story.
There are slow, slow drafters.
All kinds.
A guy in a current draft apologized and explained he was having sex.
Nobody cared.
As Mike Ditka would say, "Have sex on your own time!"
Although having sex is more entertaining of reasoning than a plain ol' 'In a meeting' or 'driving'.
One kind of drafter irritates me more than others.
Let's say that we get on a roll in a DC.
Five or six picks made in minutes.
We see the next few drafters up have their green lights on.
Awesome right?
Then, the fella who is on the clock takes off.
And disappears.
I call these drafters..."Draft Dodgers".
In reality, they want to mull their pick. They are unprepared. Or want to savor the moment.
Unfortunately, that 'moment' turns into minutes, which turns to an hour.
The Draft Dodger doesn't care.
He feels entitled.
His unpreparedness halts a swell draft.
If it were a minute draft, he would probably blurt out a name laughed at by fellow drafters.
In DC's however, he can put 14 others on hold while he "catches up".
DC's are made for busy folks. It gives them time to carry on with their lives while having the experience of drafting.
We can work, go to dinner, and have sex while on the clock.
So cool.
And everybody understands. Especially if explaining in chat.
It is still hard for me to understand the Draft Dodger.
He tells us nothing in chat. He simply hogs the clock as if it is all his.
If timing out, he simply takes himself off auto and does it again.
I keep a notebook of every draft done last year and this. I write down every drafter and every pick made.
I'm old school that way.
I put down notations as to drafters tendencies and notes.
It helps me avoid "Draft Dodgers" and drafters who feel 'entitled' to their time.
I looked back at the drafts from this past year.
And you know what?
Not one "Draft Dodger" cashed in my leagues. Not one.
That gives me hope.
While I'm waiting on a "Draft Dodger", I could at least tell myself that he is unprepared and will not vie for a league Championship.
In a way, they suck twice.
They suck at drafting timely...and they suck at drafting...period.
Simple truth is....I LOVE THIS SHIT!
One of these years, I am going to wake up and lose the passion.
That day has not come yet.
Draft Champions allow for many, early drafts. So cool.
But along with every good comes a bad.
Same old story.
There are slow, slow drafters.
All kinds.
A guy in a current draft apologized and explained he was having sex.
Nobody cared.
As Mike Ditka would say, "Have sex on your own time!"
Although having sex is more entertaining of reasoning than a plain ol' 'In a meeting' or 'driving'.
One kind of drafter irritates me more than others.
Let's say that we get on a roll in a DC.
Five or six picks made in minutes.
We see the next few drafters up have their green lights on.
Awesome right?
Then, the fella who is on the clock takes off.
And disappears.
I call these drafters..."Draft Dodgers".
In reality, they want to mull their pick. They are unprepared. Or want to savor the moment.
Unfortunately, that 'moment' turns into minutes, which turns to an hour.
The Draft Dodger doesn't care.
He feels entitled.
His unpreparedness halts a swell draft.
If it were a minute draft, he would probably blurt out a name laughed at by fellow drafters.
In DC's however, he can put 14 others on hold while he "catches up".
DC's are made for busy folks. It gives them time to carry on with their lives while having the experience of drafting.
We can work, go to dinner, and have sex while on the clock.
So cool.
And everybody understands. Especially if explaining in chat.
It is still hard for me to understand the Draft Dodger.
He tells us nothing in chat. He simply hogs the clock as if it is all his.
If timing out, he simply takes himself off auto and does it again.
I keep a notebook of every draft done last year and this. I write down every drafter and every pick made.
I'm old school that way.
I put down notations as to drafters tendencies and notes.
It helps me avoid "Draft Dodgers" and drafters who feel 'entitled' to their time.
I looked back at the drafts from this past year.
And you know what?
Not one "Draft Dodger" cashed in my leagues. Not one.
That gives me hope.
While I'm waiting on a "Draft Dodger", I could at least tell myself that he is unprepared and will not vie for a league Championship.
In a way, they suck twice.
They suck at drafting timely...and they suck at drafting...period.